Jose is full of jealousy, claims Mancini after City's Champions League KO

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has hit back at Jose Mourinho’s criticism of his team’s Champions League exit.

Mancini’s team crashed out of the group stage for a second year after a 1-1 draw with Mourinho’s Real Madrid on Wednesday, leading his rival to suggest he would be run out of town if he had failed to progress.

Mancini said: ‘Mourinho is not my chairman. He is not my owner. What Mourinho said is for me not interesting. Mourinho wants to talk about everything. For me, it is not important.

Annoyed: Roberto Mancini has hit out at Jose Mourinho following City's Champions League exit

‘Sometimes it could be (jealousy). But I will not stay here 20 years. In this moment, I am here and we are working well.’

Mancini takes City to Chelsea on Sunday, looking to maintain their unbeaten record at the top of the Barclays Premier League.